Podcast: Play in new window
We discuss:
– Fine art photographers often teach, marry or are born into wealth, or work in property
– being a juror for competitions and grants
– being an expat artist
– Latin American photography
– the fact that english is the prominent language in the art world
– gear heads in photography
– self-segregation within the photo world
– renting vs owning digital cameras
– how to take family stories and make them art
– using text and image
– making personal stories approachable
– getting a photobook published
– look for the side door instead of standing in line at the front door
– see what you can offer people
– how to format a competition submission
– how to write an artist statement
3 artists he recommends:
Juanita Escobar – https://juanita-escobar.format.com/
Hector Abad Faciolince – https://www.amazon.com/H%25C3%25A9ctor-Abad-Faciolince/e/B001JOI5EO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Álvaro Mutis – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Mutis
People + Places mentioned:
F. Holland Day – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Holland_Day
Photolucida – https://www.photolucida.org
Prix Pictet – https://prixpictet.com
John Szarkowski – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Szarkowski
Margaret Bourke-White – https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/margaret-bourke-white?all/all/all/all/0
Paul Kwiatkowski – http://www.ghostguessed.com/
Mesa Estándar – https://www.mesaestandar.com/
KWY Editions – http://kwyediciones.com
Gabriel García Márquez – https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez
Hosted by Matthew Dols
http://www.matthewdols.com
Supported in part by:
EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway
https://eeagrants.org
and we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project:
Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com
Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no
Transcript available here: https://wisefoolpod.com/transcript-for-episode-156-photographer-writer-tom-griggs-colombia-mexico/
